1. Practice Makes Perfect: An opportunity to share good practice in graduate recruitment methods ‘So what’s the job?’ What are your recruitment criteria?

2. Recruitment criteria UCAS points/level of degree Evidence of competencies Relevant experience

3. We want the best and the brightest? What are your current skill and experience gaps? What will the new person bring to the team

4. What makes a successful employee? Research by Meredith Belbin; ‘Changing the way we work’ – Butterworth Heinemann The candidate from an unrelated area or discipline is often the most successful in the job e.g. construction How many problems at work arise from the way jobs are set up?

5. Do we allow for the fact that a job needs to grow and develop? AGR are excellent at facilitating sharing good recruitment practices across different employment sectors – AGR and AGCAS

6. Competency frameworks Or just concentrate on what you are good at? Does it discriminate against someone brilliant in one aspect but weak in others

7. Alternative approaches Eden project – can you tell a story? Placements and internships Mentoring Is the process bound by culture/social and economic background

8. The sum of the team is greater than the constituent parts